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Tornadoes

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These two amateur videos record tornadoes that have hit New Zealand. The first is shot inside a building during a destructive tornado at Greymouth on 10 March 2005. The second shows a twister moving across Clevedon, South Auckland, on 4 January 2001.

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Erick Brenstrum, Weather – Flash floods, down bursts and tornadoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/7780/tornadoes (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Erick Brenstrum, published 2 March 2009.